Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 01:13:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Ross Ghanim <rossghanim@urs2.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980623010536.15375G-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <358B8057.3DD2FC7@urs2.net>
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On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Ross Ghanim wrote: > I installed freebsd. It went ok. I did not install xf86 like the book > suggested. Now I went to chapter 7 and want to install ports but could > not make it work (make was asking to fitch some files) I installed all > the ports cd /usr then tar xzvf /cdrom/ports/ports.tgz. I could make > readmes. When I wanted to make ports using make and make install. > 2- When trying to add package emacs-20.tgz it said unable to open table > of contents. Sounds like it's hunting for the info files from the info distribution. > 3- when I went to chapter 7 no luck at all. First there is no dists on > the disk there is /cdrom/xf86332/servers and when I ran it it said wrong > zip format. [digging out book] Hm, ports tree. Instead of using the X port I'd suggest starting /stand/sysinstall, selecting Configure, then Distributions, then XFree86 with <SPACE>, then navigate the menus to select the parts you want, then <OK> back out. When prompted for media select the appropriate media type. That should install X for you. Make sure you grab these X bits: basic bin cfg doc lib man prog set Server VGA16 SVGA (other driver if appropriate for your card) Fonts fnts f100 fscl > 4-when doing mformat A: it said not files. install the mtools distribution from ports/sysutils. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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